Birmingham Crown Court, where three people are on are on trial accused of belonging to a proscribed far-right organisatioDAVID JONES/PA

A couple accused of being members of a banned neo-Nazi terrorist group named their baby after Adolf Hitler, a court was told today.

Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, who are alleged to have been members of the far-right group National Action, gave their child the middle name Adolf, which prosecutors said was in honour of the Nazi dictator.

On the first day of their trial at Birmingham crown court, the jury was also told that the couple were photographed at home with a convicted racist and “vehement Nazi” who was holding a Swastika flag and performing a Hitler salute over their baby.

The couple, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, are on trial for being members of a proscribed terrorist group alongside Daniel Bogunovic, 27, from…

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